Henry, Illinois.
Typical home $131,584 (+11.4% in a year). Peoria, IL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$391 (+131%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $13,475 +11%
- $118,109$131,584 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $37,551 +40%
- $94,033$131,584 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Henry$691
- Illinois$1,553
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.
Typical home values in Henry, IL rose 11.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Henry, Marshall County, Illinois
Henry is a city of 2,320 people in Marshall County. 74% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 26% are rented. Unemployment in Marshall County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 3.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Henry is a small city on the Illinois River in Marshall County, and its residents are somewhat older than in many American towns. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and typical home values are modest. Winters are cold and snowy, with a January that stays well below freezing, and summers turn properly warm by July, with rain and melted snow spread through the year.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in the building trades. Across Marshall County, some of the largest workplaces are Ajinomoto Foods North America, Maker's Pride Wenona and Henry-Senachwine CUSD 5. Unemployment in the county is lower than a year earlier, and the county has added jobs, while fewer adults here hold a four-year degree than in many places.
Things to do. Big Bureau Creek is a river a short drive away, and Senachwine Lake is a short drive away too, both good for time on the water or along the bank. Dixon Waterfowl Refuge is a protected area a short drive away for watching birds. Starved Rock State Park, a protected area, is a longer drive away for those who want a day out.
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- 1,034households
- 21%of adults have a degree
- 14%below the poverty line
- 9%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Marshall County had 2,864 jobs in 2025, 3.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 34° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 65°. About 25 inches of snow and 38 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Lacon weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Marshall County
- Ajinomoto Foods North AmericaFrozen specialty food manufacturing369
- Maker's Pride WenonaBakery products, dry, manufacturing315
- Henry-Senachwine CUSD 5School district119FTE
- Lacon RehabSkilled nursing facilities111
- Mexichem Specialty ResinsPolyvinyl chloride resins manufacturing100
- B & B TruckingTanker trucking, long-distance82
- Hardin IndustriesFabricated structural metal manufacturing61
- Goldwater Care TolucaSkilled nursing facilities56
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 13 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,260 people in all across the county; Henry has two of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Strong windVery high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Henry’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Marshall County and the Peoria, IL metro.
Henry home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Henry$131,584
- Illinois$295,943
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Henry5
Zip codes with a Henry address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Henry — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.